Posted on 10/31/2020 6:47:26 PM PDT by conservative98
This summer’s Republican National Convention was full of references to Abraham Lincoln, which is no surprise, given that Donald Trump likes to compare himself to the 16th president.
It’s a comparison that aggravates Trump’s critics, who don’t like to see the man they consider the nation’s worst chief executive linked with the man widely regarded as the best.
This may make those critics’ heads explode, but there are some fascinating parallels between the two presidents, as well as some contrasts.
For starters, they share the same political party. Lincoln was the first Republican president. Trump is the 19th.
Both men were long-shot candidates. In 1860, Lincoln, like Trump, defeated a field of better-connected rivals to capture the Republican nomination and win the general election.
Both men came to office with little or no government experience. Lincoln had served only four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress. Trump had spent zero time in government.
Trump, on the other hand, had far more executive experience. Before his presidency, Lincoln ran a two-man law firm with a reputation for disorganization. He often stored important papers in his hat, and in the corner of his Springfield, Ill., office sat a stack of documents labeled: “When you can’t find it anywhere else, look in this.”
Both men experienced harsh reactions to their elections. In 1860, secessionists wore ribbons with slogans such as “Resistance to Lincoln is Obedience to God.” Resistance — sound familiar?
Lincoln governed during the most divided era in our nation’s history. Trump is governing in perhaps the most acrimonious period since.
Both presidencies have been times of extreme media partisanship. In Lincoln’s day, newspapers were closely aligned with the Democratic or Republican parties, and it showed in their reporting.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Mark Levin expounded on this recently.
Abe wanted to smack those insurrectionists down, and he did. Now it’s Trump’s turn. And he will.
They both have/had stature.
Not something I want to have in common with!
l8r
Lincoln was a Tyrant, I want Trump much less like him.
What...he has a secretary named Kennedy?
Wishful thinking form the swamp.
Trump ist Lincoln + TR.
May Trump look down from Mt. Trumpmore.
Same thing is said about Trump. Think about that for a while.
If he gets re-elected and restores the rule of law and drains the swamp, he will deserve his own mountain.
bump
Lincoln and Kennedy are remembered for one reason.
Yeah, sure.
I don’t recall reading about Kennedy kicking the shit outta the traitorous rebs.
And if he had taken Portland as Lincoln took Atlanta he would be home free.
But he didn't.
“..traitorous rebs..”
They came very close to kicking the shit out of the North, and if they had, they would have decided who gets called what.
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